Nature news: When removed, turtles try to find their way home. If moved more than a mile, stress leads many to stop eating. One Eastern Box Turtle study found that only 47% of translocated turtles survived and established a new home range.
A good read from @vivekssankaran explaining why we shouldn't just wait for statutory change. We can help families now.
Changing the Child Welfare System Starts With Reframing Our View of Families https://t.co/S4xTj1Brid
The pandemic exposed many flaws of the foster care system, child advocacy law expert @vivekssankaran says.
The system needs to reimagine how it deals with children who are aging out of foster care and how to better support families, he says.
https://t.co/6gTD0R1o3B
The pandemic exposed many flaws of the foster care system, child advocacy law expert @vivekssankaran says.
The system needs to reimagine how it deals with children who are aging out of foster care and how to better support families, he says.
https://t.co/6gTD0R1o3B
Kudos to @KempeCenter for being willing to have tough conversations about how the #fostercare system must be transformed to serve families. https://t.co/4C7ewQ1z5j
Supportive services for families cannot be provided by an agency that has the coercive power to take their children away. That isn't support.
https://t.co/Ty1f4YzC6h
@fosterhood All I do as a parental defense lawyer,
No, I don't know when your visits will become unsupervised
No, we can't get a new judge
No, we can't get a new social worker
No, we can't find out who the foster parents are
No, I can't guarantee reunification even if you do everything
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